On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 04:04:22PM +1100, matthew green wrote: > > Update of /cvsroot/src/external/bsd/liblzf/dist > In directory ivanova.netbsd.org:/tmp/cvs-serv22361 > > Log Message: > Import liblzf version 3.5 (2-clause BSD licensed by Marc Lehmann) > > > what's liblzf, and why do we want it in base?
It's a tiny, very very fast compression library. Christos wants it for bootblocks, among other things (or so he says -- ask him). The other obvious choice would be LZO but there's no suitably-licensed implementation which performs well. We've had it in our tree at Coyote Point for a long time for a completely different purpose, so I just grabbed it across. As time permits, I will plug it into things like ssh, libarchive, and ipcomp.
